Sliding screen construction



Nov. 19, 1929. v. BERRYMAN ETAL 1,7

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IHHHIHI "'llll Patented Nov. 19, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SLIDING SCREEN CONSTRUCTION Application filed January 11, 1928. Serial No. 245,947.

Our invention relates to improvements in sliding screen construction wherein screened frames are slidably mounted for movement between a track and guides carried by a mounting frame set within a wall around a window opening and forming pockets into which the screened frames may be moved to uncover the window opening and to conceal and protect the screens.

The primary object is to provide an improved construction for sliding screens.

Another object is to provide an improved construction which will facilitate the installation of screened frames for windows.

A further object is to provide an improved arrangementwhereby the screens may be readily moved to uncover a window opening and which will permit the quick and easy movement of such screens to and from a concealed, inoperative position within pockets formed in the wall at the sides of a window. Another object is to provide an improved construction which will form a fly-proof closure and which will permit the complete removal of the screened frames if desired.

A still further object is to provide an improved frame which may be installed .in the wall of a building 'in connection with a window casement to permit a sliding movement of screened frames into pockets formed at the sidesof the window without weakening the building frame around the window.

. Our invention consists of the details of conv struction and arrangement disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present application wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similar parts throughout the specification and drawings and in 0 which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of our improved sliding screen construction as installed in connection with the frame of a wall;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the screen mounting frame;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view showiIig the plan of the lower frame member;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view showing the bottom plan of the upper frame member;

Fig. 5 is a broken transverse sectional view drawn upon a larger scale;

Fig. 6 is a broken detail showing the manner in which the screen frames are supported upon the track; and

Fig. '7 is a broken sectional detail drawn upon a still larger scale showing the manner in which the lower edge of the screen frame is constructed and mounted to form a fly proof closure. 7 A

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 is used to designatein general the portion of a building frame immediately surrounding a window opening. Within, and inconnection with said building frame 1 is provided a screen mounting frame consisting of upper and lower longitudinal members 2 and 3 positioned above and below the window opening. The members 2 and 3 are notched as at l to receive pairs of vertical studs 6 at the 1 9 sides of the window openings. The ends of the members 2 and 8 extend into the wall frame at each side of the window opening and are connected at their extreme ends by vertical members 7 Vertical members 8 are connected between the members 2 and 3 adjacent the studs 6, said members being arranged in spaced pairs to cover the studs and to form a casement facing for the sides of the window casement. The central portion of $0 the upper member 2 is made somewhat wider than the ends of said member and forms a facing for the top of the window casement. The vertical members 7 and 8 are preferably mortised into the longitudinal members 2 and 35 '3 as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Screen frames 9 having suitable screening 11 secured thereon, are slidably mounted within the screen mounting frame between the upper and lower members 2 and 3 thereof. 9 The screened frames 9 are slidably supported upon a track 12 secured'upon the upper side of the lower member 3, suitable flanged rollers 14 being preferably inset within the lower edges of the frames 9 to facilitate movement of the frames alongv the track. Guide members 16 are secured upon the under side of the top member 2 to engage and guide the upper edges of the frames 9. -The lower edge of each frame 9 is provided with a depending flange 17 formed upon the outer lower edge and arranged to overhang the track 12 and effect a fly-proof closure along the lower edge of said frame 9. The inner edge of each frame 9 is arranged in a plane above the top of the track and is arranged to abut against the edge of a sill 18 mounted between the casement members 8 to effect a further closure along the inner lower edge of said frame. Suflicient clearance is afforded between the top of each frame 9 and the upper longitudinal frame member 2 when the frames are properly supported upon the track 12 to permit said frames to be lifted clear of the track and moved outwardly at the bottom to disengage the track when the frames are moved to a central position within the window opening.

The screened frames 9 are made of a width such that together they will occupy a width slightly greater than the width of the window opening. A stop 19 is removably secured upon the upper longitudinal frame member 2 at the center thereof to define the operative closing positions of the screens and to limit the movement of said screened frames toward each other. When moved to closing position, the adjacent-edges of the frames meet at the center of the window opening and the frames extend to the sides of the opening and are received between the spaced pairs of vertical members 8 and the studs 6, the side members of the screen frames 9 being arranged to substantially close the space between the studs 6 and members 8 and thereby effect a closure at the sides of the window when the screens are in closed position. The frames are arranged to be moved along the track 12 into pockets formed within the wall by the frame members 2, 3, and 7, as shown at the right in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, said pockets being of a size such as to per mit the screens to be moved entirely into the wall with the inner outer edges of the frames in substantially matching relation with the face of the casement members 8.

In operation, the mounting frame is installed around the window opening during the construction of the building wall. WVhen the frame and casement is completed, the screened frames 9 are mounted by moving the screen into position from the outer side and raising the lower edge sufficiently to move the rollers 14 onto the track. After the frames 9 are placed, the stop 19 is mounted in proper position to define the operative position of the screens and prevent the frames from being moved to clear the easement. members 8, said members 8 serving to prevent. the frames from being re moved from the mounting frame. The screened frames may now be moved at will to extend across and cover the window opening, or moved to inoperative position within the pockets formed in the walls. In the latter posit-ion, the screens are fully concealed and protected from exposure. tive closing position, the window opening is fully screened and a fly-proof closure is effected entirely around the window. If it is desired to remove the screened frames from their mounting frame, the stop 19 is removed. The screens may then be moved one at a time to clear the ends of the window casement and they may then be lifted and moved outwardly at the bottom to disengage the track.

In the drawings, we have illustrated our invention as applied in connection with windows of the hinged type. The invention however may be applied in connection with windows of other types by slight modification in a manner obvious to any person skilled in the art. WVhile our invention is directed primarily to the specific construction illustrated and described, we are aware that modification can be made in numerous details without departing from the spirit of the invention and we desire to avail ourselves of all such modifications as may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a sliding screen construction, a mounting frame arranged to be set within a wall around a window openingtherein, said frame consisting of upper and lower longitudinal members arranged above and below the window opening and extending into the wall at each side of the window opening, said members being notched to receive studdingmounted at each side ofthewindow opening; uprightmembers secured between the'longitudinal members and forming pockets within the wall and frame at the sides of the windows; and screened frames slidably mounted within the frame and slidably movable into and out of said pockets to cover or uncover the window opening as desired.

2. In a sliding screen construction, a mounting frame arranged to be set within a wall around a window opening therein, said frame consisting of upper and lower longitudinal members arranged above and below the window opening and extending into the wall at each side of the window opening, said members being notched to receive studding mounted at each side of the window opening; upright members secured between the longitudinal members and forming pockets within the wall and frame; a track secured upon the lower longitudinal frame member; guides secured upon the upper frame member; and screened frames supported upon the track and engaged upon'their upper edges by the guides, said screened frames being slidably movable into and out of the pockets to cover or uncover the window opening as. desired.

Vhen in opera- 3. In a sliding screen construction, mounting frame arranged to be set within a wall around a window opening therein, said frame consisting of upper and lower longitudinal members arranged above and below the window opening and notched to receive pairs of spaced studding at the sides of the window opening, the upper member having a wide central portion forming a window casement member and having reduced extensions extending into the wall at the sides of the window opening; upright members mounted between the ends of the longitudinal frame members; upright casement members mounted in spaced pairs between the longitudinal members at the sides of the window opening to cover the studding; a track mounted upon the lower longitudinal frame member; guides mounted upon the upper longitudinal frame member; and a pair of screened frames supported upon the track and engaged at their upper edges by the guides, said screened frames being slidably movable along the tracks between the pairs of studding and upright casement members and into pockets formed within the wall by the mounting frame.

4. In a sliding screen construction, a mounting frame arranged to be set within a wall around a window opening therein, said frame consisting of upper and lower longitudinal members arranged above and below the window opening and notched to receive pairs of spaced studding at the sides of the window opening, the upper member having a wide central portion forming a window casement member and having reduced extensions extending into the wall at the sides of the window opening; upright members mounted between the ends of the longitudinal frame members; upright casement members mounted in spaced pairs be tween the longitudinal members at the sides of the window opening to cover the studding; a track mounted upon the lower longitudinal frame member; guides mounted upon the upper longitudinal frame member; a pair of screened frames supported upon the track and engaged at their upper edges by the guides. said screened frames being slidably movable along the tracks between the pairs of studding and upright casement members and into pockets formed within the wall by the mounting frame; and a central stop mounted upon the frame to limit the move ment of the screened frames and normally prevent movement of either screened frame past a central operative position.

5. In a sliding screen construction, a screened frame; a track supporting the frame; and a depending flange formed upon the outer lower edge and over-hanging the track, said flange co-acting with a sill abutting against the inner lower edge of the frame a to form a fiy-proof closure along the lower edge of the frame.

In witness whereof, we hereunto set our signatures.

VIOLA BERRYMAN. GIDEON C. HOXIE. 

